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1. Each presentation of the research paper and literature reviews was distinct and reflected a sort of microcosm of the international world. One paper looked at the relations at the international level specifically between China and Taiwan and whether military intervention by the Taiwanese was acceptable. Another research paper looked at the role of international organizations play in the world such as FIFA, and their process in selecting host countries being legitimate or not. The methods used in each research paper are very distinct; these methods range from using the gender inequality index to figure out whether there is a correlation between medal count and how unequal a country is. In my literature review, I looked at corruption indexes in countries where there was a lobbying bill and in countries where there is no lobbying bill and found that corruption is high in countries that do not have a lobbying bill. Often in the international world you will find countries reeling after a conflict or tragedy such as the Armenian genocide, even though Turkey, the main perpetrator behind the genocide has yet to recognize the event, the Armenian community had to go through some sort of natural healing; which was another topic presented. Two of the research presentations focused on sustainability but at entirely different levels; one paper focused on sustainability in terms of environmental policy across Europe, while the other focused on sustainability in the tourism sector in Thailand. Finally, there were two papers that looked at the effect of globalization as both good and bad. Globalization creates more competition and offers consumers/businesses more choices; this can be easily seen with China’s desire to conquer the construction in...

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...equality of bargaining power by the workforce. He argues that globalization weakens social safety nets, creates economic insecurity, and a pressure on unskilled labor force in the industrialized world. Consider labor rules; for example, since the 1930’s the U.S has provided bargaining power on employees ranging from working hours, wages, and workplace safety. Many of these restrictions have been put in place to make sure there is a proper balance between workers and employers. Economic liberalization upsets this balance by creating a different sort of asymmetry. Employers can move abroad, but employees cannot. Economic liberalization generates an inequality in bargaining power between the employees and employers. At the same time, liberalization exerts downward pressure on the wages of under skilled workers in developing countries, which weakens social safety nets.